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Bernhard Severin Ingemann

1789 - 1862 Person Name: Bernhardt S. Ingemann, 1789-1862 Author of "Through the Night of Doubt and Sorrow" in Lutheran Book of Worship Ingemann, Bernhardt Severin, was born at Thor Kildstrup, Island of Falster, May 28, 1789. From 1822 to his death in 1862, he was Professor of the Danish Language and Literature at the Academy of Sorö, Zealand, Denmark. He was a poet of some eminence. His collected works were pub, in 1851, in 34 volumes. Seven of his hymns translated into English are given in Gilbert Tait's Hymns of Denmark, 1868. The only hymn by him in English common use is:— Igjennem Nat og Traengael. Unity and Progress. It is dated 1825, and is given in the Nyt Tillaeg til Evangelisk-christelig. Psalmebog, Copenhagen, 1859, No. 502. In its translated form as "Through the night of doubt and sorrow," by the Rev. S. Baring-Gould, it has become widely known in most English-speaking countries. The translation was published in the People's Hymnal, 1861. It was greatly improved in Hymns Ancient & Modern, 1875, and has been specially set to music by several composers. --John Julian, Dictionary of Hymnology (1907)

Alfred V. Fedak

b. 1953 Person Name: Alfred V. Fedak, b. 1953 Harmonizer of "EBENEZER" in Psalms for All Seasons Alfred Fedak (b. 1953), is a well-known organist, composer, and Minister of Music at Westminster Presbyterian Church on Capitol Hill in Albany, New York. He graduated from Hope College in 1975 with degrees in organ performance and music history. He obtained a Master’s degree in organ performance from Montclair State University, and has also studied at Westminster Choir College, Eastman School of Music, the Institute for European Studies in Vienna, and at the first Cambridge Choral Studies Seminar at Clare College, Cambridge. As a composer, he has over 200 choral and organ works in print, and has three published anthologies of his work (Selah Publishing). In 1995, he was named a Visiting Fellow in Church Music at Episcopal Seminary of the Soutwest in Austin, Texas. He is also a Fellow of the American Guild of Organists, and was awarded the AGO’s prestigious S. Lewis Elmer Award. Fedak is a Life Member of the Hymn Society, and writes for The American Organist, The Hymn, Reformed Worship, and Music and Worship. He was a member of the Presbyterian Committee on Congregational Song that prepared Glory to God, the 2013 hymnal of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Laura de Jong

David N. Johnson

1922 - 1987 Harmonizer of "EBENEZER" in The United Methodist Hymnal Music Supplement David Johnson (b. San Antonio, TX, 1922; d. Phoenix, AZ, 1987), former music department chairman at St. Olaf College, composed EARTH AND ALL STARS and published it in his Twelve Folksongs and Spirituals (1968). Johnson studied at Trinity, University, San Antonio, Texas, and received his master's and doctoral degrees in music from Syracuse University, New York. In addition to St. Olaf, he taught at Syracuse University; Alfred University, Alfred, New York; and Arizona State University. Johnson was organist at Syracuse University and organist and choir director at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in Phoenix. His publications include Instruction Book for Beginning Organists and Organ Teacher's Guide; his compositions number over three hundred and include hymn tunes, varied harmonizations, and hymn preludes. Bert Polman

John Barathi

Person Name: S. John Barathi Translator of "நம் ஒவ்வொருவர்க்கும் ஒவ்வொரு தேசமும்" in The Cyber Hymnal

Alan Luff

Person Name: Alan Luff (b. 1928) Author of "Year by year, from past to future" in Ancient and Modern

R. J. Jones

Person Name: R. J. J. Translator (stanza 3) of "Once to every man and nation (Unwaith i bob dyn a thylwyth)" in Mawl a chân = praise and song R. J. Jones, Chicago (Old and New Welsh and English Hymns, 1939)

H. B. Jones

Author of "Jesus, Savior, I Adore Thee" in Revival Melodies

E. H. Dewart

1828 - 1903 Person Name: Edward Hartley Dewart, 1828-1903 Author of "Out on life's dark heaving ocean" in The Book of Praise Born: March 30, 1828, Stradone, County Cavan, Ireland. Died: Circa 1903, probably in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Dewart arrived in Canada around 1834. Ordained a Methodist minister in 1855, he edited the Methodist newspaper, the Toronto Christian Guardian (1869-94), and earned a DD degree from Victoria University, Toronto, in 1879. His works include: Selections from Canadian Poets (Montréal, Canada: John Lovell, 1864) Songs of Life (Toronto, Canada: 1869) Bible Under Higher Criticism Broken Reeds, or, The Heresies of the Plymouth Brethren Shown to Be Contrary to Scripture & Reason Canadian Speaker and Elocutionary Reader Children of the Church Essays for the Times High Church Pretensions Disproved Jesus the Messiah in Prophecy and Fulfilment Living Epistles Misleading Lights Modern Criticism and the Preaching of the Old Testament Priestly Pretensions Disproved; or, Methodism and the Church of England To the Electors of North Toronto University Federation Waymarks, or, Counsel and Encouragement for Penitent Seekers of Salvation --www.hymntime.com/tch/